38 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BuLn. 185 
Seven widely scattered rings or parts of rings are present, the best 
preserved of which measured 17 feet in diameter (pl. 5, 6). A test 
in the center showed a small burned area resting directly upon light- 
colored clay and gravel at a depth of 6 inches. It did not suggest : 
basin-shaped hearth but rather a place where a fire had been kindled 
directly upon the surface. No cultural material was associated with 
the hearth, and only a few flint chips were found on the site. 
32M N14.—This site is on the left side of the Missouri River, half 
a mile east of White Earth Creek, in the SWI,NEJ, sec. 36, T. 154 
N., R. 94 W. It lies on a small bench in the forks of an intermittent 
stream and is not over 75 yards in length by approximately 50 yards 
in width. Although only some 10 feet above the stream bed, it is well 
above danger from flooding. Three well-preserved rings are present, 
and others may have been destroyed by lateral erosion. Tests uncov- 
ered fire-cracked rocks in the center of one circle, and two stone blades 
and an end scraper came from the surface. 
32MN20 (map 1).—This site, known locally as “Verendrye Vil- 
lage,” is widely scattered over high points and uplands in sec. 25 and 
37, R. 93 W., and sec. 30 and 31, R. 92 W., all in T. 154 N. Large 
springs are present in sec. 80. More than 100 of these circles of small 
boulders are scattered over an area of 4 square miles, and since only 
a part of this area still remains in native sod, cultivation has undoubt- 
edly destroyed many more rings than are now present. Tests made 
in the circles revealed no recognizable occupation level and yielded 
no cultural debris, nor were any artifacts picked up from the surface 
of the site. Projectile points are said to have been found there in the 
past, but none was seen and no information regarding point types 
could be obtained, 
32MZE (map 1) —This site lies in sec. 15, T. 152 N., R. 100 W. The 
numerous outlines, which are scattered for half a mile on both sides 
of Tipi Coulee, are ill-defined and roughly circular to rectangular 
in shape. Two of them definitely have straight, parallel sides. Tests 
showed a few flint chips at the grass roots, but no charcoal or ash 
admixture and no artifacts. Two broken projectile points came from 
the surface, and the tenant reported having found grooved mauls 
there. 
32MZ5 (map 1)—A tipi ring site, which was not visited, was 
reported to the survey party to be present on a high ridge overlooking 
a tributary of Tobacco Garden Creek, in the S14 sec. 6 T. 151 N., 
R. 98 W. 
32MZ8 (map 1) —This site, which lies above the area to be flooded, 
was visited briefly in 1947. It lies on the second terrace, on the left 
side of Tobacco Garden Creek, in the SEY, sec, 10, T. 153 N., R. 97 W. 
The landowner reported that boulder outlines extended for more than 
2 miles and that some were rectangular. He had found projectile 
